World Trade Center Fund Now Covers Myeloid Malignancies

Beginning on February 1, 2014, the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program began considering blood or bone marrow disorders of the myeloid line to be slow-growing blood cancers. Accordingly, they will be considered WTC-related health conditions, making them available for WTC Health Program medical treatment services for eligible members.

These cancers had been considered non-malignant by the Administrator because they were referred to as “pre-leukemic” hematopoietic disorders in the medical literature. Recent scientific advances, however, characterize these “pre-leukemic” myeloid neoplasms as slow-growing blood cancers, and authoritative scientific sources now consider them to be malignant myeloid neoplasms.

After receiving a request from the WTC Clinical Centers of Excellence to review certain myeloid disorders in terms of their status as malignancies, the WTC Health Program has determined that, in addition to types of leukemias, these myeloid malignancies are eligible for coverage by the WTC Health Program as WTC-related health conditions.

The group of myeloid malignancies includes the following health conditions:

(1) Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDSs);

(2) Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs);

(3) Myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms (MDS/MPN); and

(4) Myeloid malignancies associated with eosinophilia and abnormalities of growth factor receptors derived from platelets or fibroblasts.

On January 2, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act establishing the World Trade Health Program and extends and expands eligibility for compensation under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001.

For over 3 decades the Law Offices of Jon L. Gelman 1.973.696.7900 jon@gelmans.com have been representing injured workers and their families who have suffered asbestos related disease. Please contact our office if you require assistance in filing a claim under the newly enacted James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act.

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World Trade Center Health Program; Addition of Prostate Cancer to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions

Recently the Federal Government approved benefits for prostate Cancer for those eligible for 9-11 Health Fund  Claims. The current deadline for some is October, 2013. See the links below the article to learn how to file a claim. Today's post was shared by Safe Healthy Workers and comes from www.federalregister.gov

Table A—Average Costs of Treatment for Prostate Cancer (2011$) Table B—Percentiles of Current Age (on April 11, 2012) for Current Members in the WTC Health Program by Gender and Responder/Survivor Status Table C— Prevalence Table for Prostate Cancer Table D—Cost per 80,000 Responders for Prostate Cancer, 2011$ Table E—Estimated Prevalence of Prostate Cancer by Year Based on 58,500 and 6,500 Responder and Survivor Population, Respectively and Assuming Cancer Rates at U.S. Population Average Table F—Estimated Treatment Costs of Prostate Cancer by Year Based on 58,500 and 6,500 Responder and Survivor Population, Respectively and Assuming Cancer Rates at U.S. Population Average (2011$) Table G—Estimated Prevalence of Prostate Cancer by Year Based on 80,000 and 30,000 Responder and Survivor Population, Respectively and Assuming Incidence of Cancer is 21% Higher Than the U.S. Population Due to 9/11 Exposure Table H—Estimated Treatment Costs of Prostate Cancer by Year Based on 80,000 and 30,000 Responder and Survivor Population, Respectively and Assuming Incidence of Cancer is 21% Higher Than the U.S. Population Due to 9/11 Exposure(2011$) Table I—Breakdown of Estimated Annual WTC Health Program Transfers for Prostate Cancer Based on 80,000 and 58,500 Responders and 30,000 and 6,500 Survivors, 2014-2016, 2011$ This final rule is effective October 21, 2013. Paul Middendorf, Senior Health Scientist, 1600 Clifton Rd. NE., MS: E-20,...

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Deadline for Filing 9-11 Claims Approaches - Cancer Claims Soar

As the October 3, 2013 deadline for filing 9-11 World Trade Center claims for benefits approaches, an increase in the number of claims flowing from cancer continue to soar. Over 1,100 cancer claims have been filed to date.

"More than 1,100 people who worked or lived near the World Trade Center on 9/11 have been diagnosed with cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

Click here to read the compete article from CNN.

Click here for more information about filing a claim. 

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Jon L. Gelman of Wayne NJ is the author NJ Workers’ Compensation Law (West-Thompson) and co-author of the national treatise, Modern Workers’ Compensation Law (West-Thompson). For over 4 decades the Law Offices of Jon L Gelman  1.973.696.7900  jon@gelmans.com  have been representing injured workers and their families who have suffered occupational accidents and illnesses.